AIF Clinton Fellowship

I am headed to the American India Foundation (www.aif.org) Chicago fundraiser tonight. On the surface, it is an elegant Bollywood-themed gala that will host over 600 corporate and philanthropic leaders from Chicago. Behind the scenes, the annual event is a primary source of capital that funds AIF’s mission to catalyze social and economic change in Read More

A common problem for start-ups is balancing a timely product launch with creating the perfect product. Personally, product-storming with our start-up partners is my favorite part of Dashfire (excluding a company selling for millions of dollars, of course). But, while the conversations can be enjoyable, the ideating can quickly become interminable and detrimental. Our mutual Read More

One of Saath’s biggest supporters is an organization in England called the British Asian Trust. HRH Prince Charles spoke at a recent BAT gala and referenced Saath’s Umeed project. Check out the excerpt from the speech below and read about the event here: http://bit.ly/hnJWKz. Awesome work by Saath & Umeed and of course, all of Read More

All good things must come to an end, right? I hope that’s not the case for microfinance even after the industry endured a tumultuous 6 month stretch. A wave of farmer suicides in India were attributed to unbearable debt obligations funded by micro loans from microfinance institutions (MFIs). Among those implicated was SKS, the darling NGO-turned-publicly-traded-and-extremely-profitable MFI. Read More

I’m headed back to India for the first time since leaving the fellowship in July 2009. It’s a very packed 2 week trip but I’m very excited to get back. I’m meeting Nick and spending 4 days with our FarShore team (I can’t wait to “wire-in” with our developers). I’ll be attending a family reunion Read More